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Experience life with a warm family, beautiful nature, and a loving community in Mountshannon, Ireland

  • Letzte Aktivität : 8 Feb. 2025

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    Help around our home in beautiful Mountshannon, County Clare, Ireland.

    Hello,

    We are currently looking for someone who could join us from around the last week in March, to help us here with gardening, some handy-work and general house work.

    We are a family of three consisting of Mieke and her mother Ina, both originally from the Netherlands, and Mieke’s husband Alan who is Irish. Ina has a small apartment connected to our house.

    We live in East Clare, close to the beautiful, lakeside village of Mountshannon. We have wonderful countryside around us, with rolling hills, forests and of course the lake.

    We have a very good community around us, with a lot of family and friends. Our home in general is not a quiet house, lots of people travel through :)

    Alan is a retired housing officer who worked for the social sector (helping people get affordable and safe housing) and Mieke is in the process of changing her career and developing new skills.
    Alan plays guitar and meets up with his band to play locally from time to time and you are welcome to come along.

    Sophie our daughter lives on the land with her little girl Nina, 3 years old. They often drop in and/or eat with us.

    Our son Noah and his wife Cassie visit every now and then, they are both in their late/mid-twenties and generally very happy socialising with anyone who lives with us. They have a very big, enthusiastic and friendly dog, so it is important to like dogs!

    There are Bus connections to Limerick city and Ennis, which take about an hour.
    However, you are also welcome to join us on shopping trips etc.

    We have a young very enthusiastic dog Bilbo, two cats - Mimsy and Charlie, and a few chickens. We also have a big garden with a tunnel (greenhouse), a vegetable patch, and some fruit trees.

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Seniorenbetreuung
    Gartenarbeiten
    Betreuung von Tieren
    Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
    Hausarbeiten
  • Interessengebiete

    Interessengebiete

    Nachhaltigkeit
    Haustiere
    Gärtnern
    Heimwerken & DIY
    Kochen & Backen
    Gartenarbeiten
    Tiere
    Yoga / Wellness
    Natur
    Tanzen
    Wandern
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    You will find a warm welcome with us and hope you will be a part of our family and community during your stay. We live very rurally, but our house is not often empty :)

    Alan loves entertaining - he plays the guitar - sometimes in a band, he loves games and storytelling.

    Mieke knows a lot about food, preparation, gardening, herbs and being on the land, she loves foraging, using wild foods, and being/living outside.

    We have the lovely small village of Mountshannon 2KM away from our house - perfect walking distance, in the village, are two bars, there is a small harbour and a little park, in the summer it is a hub for swimming and gatherings.

  • Au pair

    Au-pair-Hilfe

    Dieser Gastgeber hat uns mitgeteilt, dass er die irischen Vorschriften für Au-pair-Aufenthalte einhalten wird.hier

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    Mieke will sometimes be away on courses or for work, so we need someone to help during those periods with an extra pair of hands.

    Tasks:
    => Help around the place with small outdoor (building) projects and gardening – spring time is busy and we have some projects lined up.
    => Help clean the house and Ina’s room once or twice a week.
    => Caring for and feeding animals (dog, cats, hens)
    => Cooking dinner - this is often a communal event, everyone who is home and not busy doing other things gives a hand
    => Be at home when Alan and Mieke are both out - this won't be often, but it will give us some necessary freedom, Ina does not feel very happy on her own in the house, and Bilbo needs his runabouts...

    Our vegetable garden will need a lot of care this year, so someone who loves working in a garden is a plus

    We like to discover together with you what other tasks would be most suited to you... each volunteer has been a very different experience for us, as there is a lot of freedom in designing your own "tasks" within the general needs we have. If you are willing to learn new skills that would be perfect!

    We prefer to have Skype or Zoom contact before you arrive to get to know each other a bit better.

  • Gesprochene Sprachen

    Englisch: Fließend
    Niederländisch: Fließend
    Deutsch: Gute Kenntnisse

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    You will have your own small room in the house and we share the bathroom.

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    Mountshannon is beautifully situated on the shores of Lough Derg in County Clare looking out to Holy Island - which has the ruins of a 9th-century monastic settlement. Further away, there is the wonderful West Coast of Ireland with its beaches and The Cliffs of Moher.
    We live in a walkers paradise with plenty of hiking and walking ways all around us. The cities of Ennis, Limerick and Galway are around 45 minutes to 1 hour by car. We are happy to show you the surroundings or bring you to the bus stop so you can travel a bit by yourself.

    You will be part of our family so you are welcome to join us when we go to the pub, a party, a movie night or other activities if you like!

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

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Das Bild zeigt ein junges Mädchen und einen Hund, die auf einer Couch stehen und aus einem Fenster auf einen Garten mit kahlen Bäumen und Pflanzen schauen.
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